Granny says, "Dat's right - dey's drug dealin', stereo boom blastin' terrorists...U.S. Sheriffs: Securing Border With Mexico is About Saving America From TerroristsOctober 12, 2011  Nine sheriffs from around the country came to Washington D.C. Wednesday to send a message, they said, about the threat posed by Mexican drug cartels and some illegal aliens operating and committing crimes in communities throughout the United States.

Offenses range from driving drunk to murder and are not limited to states along the southwest border, they said. We suffer those same problems in Frederick County, the Maryland countys sheriff, Chuck Jenkins, said during a panel discussion in the House Rayburn Building. This is about the rule of law. This is about saving America, Jenkins said. This is about public safety and national security. I dont see the Mexican drug cartels as a gang, said Sam Page, sheriff of Rockingham County, N.C. I see them as a terrorist organization.

The law enforcement officials were invited to Capitol Hill by the Center for Immigration Studies, a think tank that studies the impact of immigration on the U.S., focusing in particular on the economic and criminal impact. A white paper released by the group, based on Census data, shows that the nations immigrant population has doubled since 1990, reaching 40 million in 2010. Of those, 10 to 12 million are thought to be illegal aliens.

The focus of Wednesdays panel discussion was border security and the challenges faced by local law enforcement agencies combating criminal activities carried out by Mexican drug cartels and some illegal aliens. According to the Department of Justice National Drug Intelligence Centers 2009 data, Mexican drug cartels are operating in some 200 U.S. cities.

The CIS paper shows that immigrants are no longer settling primarily in large urban areas but also in smaller cities and towns across the country. Over the last decade, Alabama led the nation in immigrant population growth (92 percent), followed by South Carolina (88 percent), Tennessee (82 percent), Arkansas (79 percent), Kentucky (75 percent) and North Carolina (67 percent).

Border Sheriff on Mexican Cartels: They're Decapitating Police Officers -- 'If That's Not a Terrorist Act, What Is?'April 13, 2011 : Washington  The federal government should designate Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations under U.S. law, according to the Republican sheriff of an Arizona county near the U.S.-Mexico border.

But a Democratic judge in Texas disagrees, saying such a designation would achieve little. Instead, said the judge, attention should be focused on illegal drug consumption by Americans. Asked by CNSNews.com whether he would support designating Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs)  as some lawmakers are suggesting as a way to target their finances  Sheriff Paul Babeu of Pinal County, Ariz. replied, Absolutely.

They are terrorists, said Babeu, a Republican elected official. Literally 35,000 people have been brutally murdered in Mexico. The president just articulated we went and bombed Libya because we didnt want possibly 1,000 civilians just killed  it would have been blood on our hands. Wait a minute, he continued. Thats half way around the world. Look south 35,000 people killed and theyre not just regular people [but] judges, police chiefs, you know, anybody who stands up in their way.

Theyre cutting police officers heads off, killing them, laying them in front of the police station, Babeu said. If thats not a terrorist act, what is? They have destabilized Mexico to the point where its caused great concern here. Pinal County is located south of Phoenix, about 70 miles north of the southwest border. CNSNews.com also put the question to Judge Veronica Escobar of El Paso, Texas, a Democratic elected official.

She replied that FTO designation for the cartels would do little more than create chatter in the news media. The government should deal with Americans appetite for illicit drugs, Escobar said, as they are the ones fueling the drug war. I dont know what added tools it [designation] gives the federal [authorities], she said.

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